School: Teamhrán (C.) (roll number 14834)
- Location:
- Tavraun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Mhic Conmara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0113, Page 233
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- If you went into a house where people would be churning you should help with the churning. If not you would be supposed to bring the butter.
More people say if a man came in and kindled his pipe and went out smoking he would be supposed to bring the butter.
Some people puts a kindled coal under the churn when churning for fear an evil minded neighbour would take the butter.
People puts salt on the churn for the same purpose.
If a man were going to a fair and met a red haired woman(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Marie Dunleavy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tavraun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs James Shannon
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Tavraun, Co. Mayo
